Link error to a Lib File in Fortran

[haizicqu]

I want to use some functions from ATLFOR.LIB. I added this lib file to my project and then build it. following error occur (If I add compiler's libraries, no such errors) :
--------------------Configuration: test11 - Win32 Debug--------------------
Linking...
..\..\DF98\LIB\ATLFOR.LIB : fatal error LNK1136: invalid or corrupt file
Error executing link.exe.
--------------------Configuration: test11 - Win32 Debug--------------------Linking.....\..\DF98\LIB\ATLFOR.LIB : fatal error LNK1136: invalid or corrupt fileError executing link.exe.

I checked the error, it said that ATLFOR.lib file either has a corrupt header or is zero size or abnormally small. However, other guys use this files two years ago successfully.
Does anybody know how to fix this error?
Also, I want to read the content of library files like ATLFOR.LIB. Does anybody know how to read a file as ATLFOR.LIB? I donot have any fortran code to rebuild the lib again. If I can have access to the content to the library files, I can rebuild them.
Thanks.

 

[xwb]

At a guess, this was built with the 16bit MS compiler and you're trying to use with with a 32 bit compiler.

The ones built with the 16 bit MS compiler begin with F00D.

 

[IRstuff]

You do realize that libraries are compiled code, hence, they only contain binary executable? There are, of course, decompilers, but they often do not get back to anything beyond a purely mechanistic abstraction of the original code.

TTFN

FAQ731-376

 

[xwb]

Check with the guys who managed to use it - see what compiler they used. At a guess it was MS 5.0 compiler which is 16 bit.

 

[haizicqu]

Thank you,xwb IRstuff.

I will do that. Have a good day.